Samsung began rolling out Android Lollipop update to Galaxy S4 (I9500) in Russia

Samsung Galaxy S4 (I9500) has started getting the latest Android Lollipop update in Russia. We’ve already seen the official leaked firmware of the Galaxy S4 (I9500) running Android Lollipop. Everyone is eagerly waiting to get a taste of the new material design. But the Russian users are the lucky one to get it first. The latest update is available OTA and it is massive, it has a size of around 1.05 GB.

The enormous size of the Lollipop update will eat up more space of the internal storage of the device. You will also need to free up around 3 GB of memory on your internal storage to install the update. The large size of the update is because of the new ART runtime. It compiles your apps the first time you boot your phone and stores the result, which where those 950MB go. Dalvik had an app cache too, but that was smaller.

Now, because of the huge size of the update it is being expected that Samsung would have removed some pre-loaded apps from the device like Google Playbooks, Google Movies, etc. This could be possible because, recently, it came into news that Samsung is getting rid of most of the unnecessary pre-loaded applications on its Galaxy S6 in order to make its Touch Wiz UI smoother. The new Android Lollipop update will bring some new features to the Galaxy S4. These new features include new lock-screen, heads-up notifications; new redesigned interface inspired by the material design and enhanced performance. We’re hoping that the new update would bring make the Galaxy S4 a smoother device to use. It would provided a better and more user friendly interface. We really hope so because it is not the device which is slow it is the software. It always has been the Touch Wiz User Interface of Samsung which has also been criticized for sluggish performance.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 was the company’s flagship model for the year 2013. And even today, the device would handle most of the tasks thrown at it. It has a 5 inch Super AMOLED FullHD display with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels. It has a pixel density of 441 ppi. Even after having a big display, which is protected by a Corning Gorilla Glass 3, the Galaxy S4 is very compact to use. In fact, it is one of the most compact 5 inch devices which you can actually use with one hand. It also weighs extremely light at only 130 grams. The Samsung Galaxy S4 is powered by an Exynos 5 Octa 5410 chipset with Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7 CPU. The graphics duty on the device is handled by PowerVR SGX544MP3 GPU. Storage has never been a problem with the Samsung devices. The Galaxy S4 has 16 GB of internal storage and also has a micro SD card slot which can support up to 64 GB of cards. It is powered by 2 GB of RAM and is mostly smooth throughout.

Samsung is also known for providing good cameras in their devices and the Galaxy S4 isn’t an exception. Its predecessor, the Galaxy S3, had an amazing camera; and the S4 takes it to a new level. The primary camera on the device is a 13 MP shooter which features auto focus and is mated to a LED flash. It is loaded with features like Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection and HDR mode. It can do video recording at 1080p@30fps. The secondary camera on the Galaxy S4 is a 2 MP unit which is capable to do 1080p video recording.

Samsung Galaxy S4 is one of the best devices present in its category. While there have been many new entrants in this category but still buying the S4 wouldn’t make you regret your decision. So, if you’re a Galaxy S4 (I9500) user in Russia then update your device to the latest Android Lollipop and enjoy!

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